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The Iranian Regime of War and Death

When I was in elementary school in Baghdad, in the early 1980s, teachers took us to the streets to shout angry slogans against “Khomeini the Hypocrite” for refusing to end Iran’s war with Iraq. Little...

Examining the Threats to America’s Critical Minerals Supply Chain

Chinese Coast Guard Forces Land on Sandy Cay, Escalating Tensions With the Philippines

China is stepping up its campaign to dominate key territory in the South China Sea. On April 24, the Global Times, a Chinese Communist Party-owned media outlet, reported that the China Coast Guard (CCG)...

Iran Nuclear Program Talks

Bolstering Defense Ties, Vietnam Reportedly Agrees to Purchase American F-16s

Almost exactly 50 years after the evacuation of Saigon, American air power has returned to Vietnam. On April 22, 19FortyFive, a defense news outlet, reported that Vietnam had reached an agreement with...

Crossroads of Competition

China in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands

Can Hamas ever be defeated?

The questions about Gaza’s future are still unanswered

Seeking Decisive Edge, China Uses Third-Party Countries to Circumvent U.S. AI Export Controls

Chinese firms have embraced an indirect approach to competing with Silicon Valley.

Missed Milestones

Evaluating The Last Four Years in the EAP Region and Unseized Opportunities Under President Trump

Who’s afraid of China? Palau inauguration calls bluff of ‘friends to all, enemies to none’

For all the regional talk of “Pacific family” and “friends to all enemies to none” who did – and who didn’t – show up for the Jan. 16 inauguration of Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr....

Deconstructing the Inauguration: No, not that one

We have a country that is geopolitically sophisticated, with close ties to the U.S., Japan and Taiwan, and is in a highly strategic location. So who showed up to Palau’s party, and who didn’t?

How the Left Views Langley

REVIEW: 'The CIA: An Imperial History’ by Hugh Wilford

New Department of Defense Report Highlights China’s Growing Military Power

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) 2024 Chinese Military Power Report (CMPR), released on December 18, emphasizes China’s expanded efforts to gain military superiority over the United States. The...

Nip the Bots in the Bud

Proactively Taking Down and Preventing the Creation of Inauthentic Social Media Entities

Atoning for Britain’s colonialist past

By encouraging China’s colonialist present

When did the US lose Afghanistan?

August 15, 2021, was the day Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, and the US lost the war. Or was it?  After following the war for over two decades, it’s become clear that Afghanistan wasn’t lost in...

Taiwan, under the guns

The most powerful Communist regime ever threatens its democratic neighbor

Newly Enforced Chinese Coast Guard Law Heightens Maritime Miscalculation Risks

Beijing began enforcing a new protocol last month authorizing China’s Coast Guard to seize vessels operating within China’s claimed maritime borders, a move that coincided with several provocative...

Northern fire: The Artillery Corps battalion defending the North

The IDF’s 405th battalion of the Artillery Corps uses M109 howitzers to defend the North against Hezbollah.

IDF presses forward in Rafah after recent losses

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued to confront Hamas and other terrorist groups in Rafah in southern Gaza after suffering significant losses. On June 15, a Namer armored personnel carrier...